Jim KwikFounder, Kwik Brain · Brain Coach

Strategies to address psychological trauma

8 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, Jim Kwik asks about effective strategies or therapies for addressing trauma to improve physical and cognitive health. The responding expert outlines a four‑step approach: first, assess the individual's condition; second, modify diet—particularly through an elimination diet—to lower systemic inflammation and restore gut barrier integrity; third, employ immune‑modulating agents such as vitamin D, curcumin, and low‑dose naltrexone; and fourth, heal altered states of consciousness using somatic experiencing, the neuro‑emotional technique, or Hakomi therapy. These recommendations link trauma to inflammation, gut health, and neuro‑psychological processes, offering concrete, multimodal interventions.

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What are some of the effective strategies or therapies that you recommend to maybe start addressing their trauma towards better physical and cognitive health?
The first step is measurement. Sometimes you can suffer with symptoms that can go on for years. If you have it, then you want to start first with food because that's such a primary driver of inflammation in the body and it can lead to loss of barrier integrity. And then we want to address leaky gut. So things like an elimination diet, which just free can have such a huge impact on reducing inflammation and also getting that gut barrier to be back in integrity. And then there's immune modulators, things like vitamin D, curcumin, low-dose naltrexone, which is available by prescription. And then the last I would say is healing states of consciousness. So things like somatic experiencing or the neuro-emotional technique or Hakomi that I find to be very effective.